, 1887-04-21
JOAQUIN MILLER.
CHASTLY REMINISCENCE OF
GOLDEN GATE PARK.
Drunken sailors Smoihcred and Dying
la shifting Sands-Sinry of II Life Saw
ir; : :.t:-n Keeper Who Slept Through
Lsp-.ial Cerrespondence.I

So Francisco, March II.
70 live s2s:tr MA Of what the gray waste of
s~,ilG l.t'. known uS Sutro Heights was i'll the
.ar.y days, let m tell one terrible incident. l
ha a..,ir 10 I.IS city on an Oregon ship loaded
- BE-, EnEe.. | was then the merest lad
:. ..l .'aul,,l t. s..e Seal Rock and the seal,
at.t -u we-ti,- captain, myself and the
,-.rv Of four l;;si.-waliIed out over the
i....- 'F-3-ry way of sand. There the men
O.. .. v.I-.t .-nt drank, and it was with
-sy IHat the captain got them
-..- ... - "a night came on. The wind
Wa o. So :. Ir'.i.,.!. Bus Is it was at our
aa. "v act .'b .;,,l, ill got to where the
.,..I .y;,S - ;t"'p GslI i!2!rt that we could
..-:,., II,ve: and Va did not dare to open
..,.T ty. $ "st':"UU the greatest caution. The
-GHl Uss i.ls like an GrIuy--a world of
...Ei,' ,-.-,r i3,-i'% ,aI sand hills in motion!
-r'-t ar Is.s-"f i.igse liltia hills we would
80 ..y.u ~!.ilnI,y / "a and fifteen feet and
.u--t >@!io ate IN the sand The men
70 ~ar To grow weary in the legs. And
ia'l:E. we tumhlci in n heap down
ss-e II ih1Se s'ft, steep sand banks, VIA
,. sand uouiiuE down over us i'll tor.
~ al n refused to so further. Then
. .''!, who kept hold of my hand all the
ii.". - :It cut Of it and on to the city all
a,,f#" l was unable to get up for days;
Sad newer saw the captain any more for
v-:.rs uls.", for h was out hunting for his
g. "a. ct. ;ui then the whirling events
ii ,it.. ,iGie often tore people apart very sud-
-,i". AMI what of the drunken sailors
.s.,u.- .ycr j.Hnv. The captain turned aside
...-.. II talk about it when l asked
a'3 f.t,sscvred "a!y in monosylIables.
..rr- : .:.y b-i,ve these men couli never
.. .r.a-. B. ana ar lying there yet in their
'..- 't: g: Of !,&tn.
Ja"re ! Ito sand there now: or rather
".'','"g :: u t.iahlin% little mountains of
...... ..'' Fl '.,ssvn by Il sturdy forest For
=: IL .-,fi'e from San Francisco to
"a. : .. Ro-k, which we old Cali
'-'. as uai f. truIge over on foot or
'.''. D., i now a IeGfy park.
- Sc 'iHy rad t" You, my old fellow
t:~ iu'-in@, cleaning and ever
Is m'h-- OF sand Is now the seat of
r.''r'ai 'u~ -rpvs of pine and cedar and
a. -'iaI .u4I trees. Patri,Iges whistle
.,-r' So virn'. day Ioag AMI run in swift
ra5 .hc l'trl road bed before the
" i.se "f carriages The steam cars
.''- 20 q the Seal Rp.I, now, and still an
ii' = hs.ins built 10y Sutro, from his
.,S t. Sia FrUIrisco around by the way
.H Suii-u Gate Ai.d so in the spring Won
i-i.e the cars and pass down the bank OF
"a huy 10 the Golden Gate and then on
and to Sutro Heights, and all the time on
..- very rim Of the ocean.
Did tell You that the great park that has
.5-'I planted on the five miles of moving sand
ia '.,s al the way now from San Francisco
B" a! Ro i; and the sea? Yet, while that
'~ .'Hr, should rather have said that San
~. s'i1 . Reaches ali the way from San Fran
Il. ~ "Te- the sand banks to the sea, this
..'.a. ..s.': lying in the lap OF g. city, like
s'st.r'd park il the lap of New York.
T.'.- glan, which is now called Sutro
..'S. @~i is the glorious end of our
Fashionable drive. is that high, stony head
,.-..'! n.l:rh o!scc looked down in gray and bar
rrn grandeur on the 10000 seal as thew
rsarcl and tuu!!cd OIL their rocks. But
i; l. nj a bank Of trees and blossoms
now. :,Et ca ii statuary stands in lines
a..i go 'c-.rii::S about the heights and a long
IT, i',tSy ELI. You can see these colossal
ii-..'" ara the white tuTrets of the headIand
tp5 80 away. Above and below the gov
er.'ul az hss established life saving stations.
l';'' ~ 'ns HrIS'.7 and planted some trees.
Al ! think 1t must he famous place to
s:!e''". too. For not long ago a vessel was
WED right under ths heights and not ten
r"i, from one Of the life saving stations. And
tn kindly cap,ain OF the wrecked ship, SO
so, "a ir had picked himself and his few re-
O.. nv men up ont of the white sand. went
Us 20 tns !lje saving station and rang the
Ia l. sffag, l.y,,r rim. tI,, ,4ti,,, = ~
~. -, -, - III cnaiSe
''l', ''i. me S''Nl''9 station came to
''' '"-'' al us H'7hs cap anu dreamlly de
r-t - to know what the drowning and
.a- Ing a captain wanted.
81 mercy wanted To tell vou.r answered
"a. --..,I anil Li,,,Ilv .., -, - - -
f..t y,,....-I ..,,,.,t -, -, ~ N'i
You ne''int mind getting up until the after
i' III E"i'i ny SIT.
St'n.' here on SUtrO Heights and breathe
the -9:'-s ~ India S,U0J miles av,vr
k..ry OF uutnin- on any sea honl, 60 s,,i,Ii,,a
a. ;bi. Tho air. ! ,,,,,,,y III 9u''''i''T
S. -, -, ~ 80. uI'''ii''ihnated
-. i''.ies away Gown the
u s.l '.'ts'. M IL Is the ncare='t habi-
- -, a. nc ,,... = EI'ihWSt- Room